The surging geriatric population, on account of the rising life expectancy and the falling birth rates, is one of the main factors fueling the growing requirement for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) procedures across the world. As elderly people are highly vulnerable to various diseases and need extensive medical care, on account of their long recovery times and low immunity levels, their increasing population is massively boosting the demand for BPH procedures. 

As per the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA), the number of people in the age group-60 years or above is increasing rapidly. According to the organization’s global aging population reports, the population of the people in the age group-60 years or above will rise by 56.0% or from 901 million in 2015 to 1.4 billion by 2030. Furthermore, this number is predicted to grow to 2.1 billion by 2050.

The soaring aging population, especially in Germany, China, India, and the U.S., will generate huge requirement for BPH treatment devices in the future. This will be mainly because the people in the age bracket-50 years and above are highly susceptible to BPH and thus, require various medical procedures that involve the usage of prostate implants, laser-based treatments, and transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP). The increasing public awareness about these procedures is also propelling the popularity of advanced BPH treatments.

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Globally, the BPH procedures market recorded the highest growth in Europe in the past, as per the observations of P&S Intelligence, a market research company based in India. This was because of the existence of a large geriatric population, the lower costs of BPH procedures, and rapid technological advancements and innovations being made in the domain of urological procedures. In this region, the U.K., Germany, and France witnessed the highest occurrence of BPH procedures in the past years.

Hence, it is safe to say that the demand for benign prostatic hyperplasia procedures would surge across the world in the forthcoming years, mainly because of the rising prevalence of BPH and the increasing public awareness about these procedures.